Asus P5E3 DELUXE User Manual page 54

3. ICH9R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6)
These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk
drives and optical disc drives.
If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5,
and 10 configuration with the Intel
onboard Intel
P5E3 DELUXE
P5E3 DELUXE SATA connectors
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Connect the right-angle side of SATA
signal cable to SATA device. Or you may
connect the right-angle side of SATA
cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid
mechanical conflict with huge graphics
cards.
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ICH9R RAID controller.
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These connectors are set to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard
IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these
connectors. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these
connectors, set the Configure SATA as item in the BIOS to [RAID]. See
section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.
Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 Intel RAID Configuration or the
manual bundled in the motherboard support CD.
You must install the Windows
hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10) is
available only if you are using Windows
When using the connectors in Standard IDE mode, connect the primary
(boot) hard disk drive to the SATA1/2/5 connector.
When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to
[AHCI]. See section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for details.
Matrix Storage Technology through the
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SATA1
GND
RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXN2
GND
RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXP2
RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXN2
GND
SATA3
GND
RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXP4
RSATA_TXN3 RSATA_TXN4
GND
RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXP4
RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXN4
GND
SATA5
GND
RSATA_TXP5 RSATA_TXP6
RSATA_TXN5 RSATA_TXN6
GND
RSATA_RXP5 RSATA_RXP6
RSATA_RXN5 RSATA_RXN6
GND
XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA
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XP or later version.
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right angle side
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SATA2
GND
GND
GND
SATA4
GND
GND
GND
SATA6
GND
GND
GND